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Stop calling your Formica fusca group queens subsericea!

Started By Kaelwizard , Sep 19 2020 10:12 AM

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#1 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted September 19 2020 - 10:12 AM

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I see this continually happen without the queens being properly identified. It aggravates me so much. And why specifically subsericea? There are 2 other species that look the exact same pretty much without a microscope so why?
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#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 19 2020 - 10:28 AM

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This applies to a lot of ants. S. molesta is a prime example.


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#3 Offline Froggy - Posted September 19 2020 - 10:34 AM

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#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 19 2020 - 11:55 AM

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That is why you never see Formica argentea journals on here.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#5 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 19 2020 - 12:44 PM

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I mean subsericea is by far the most common fusca group species in eastern north America, so those claims arent totally unwarranted.

Edited by Manitobant, September 19 2020 - 12:45 PM.

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/
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